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Friday, July 1, 2011

It's My Birthday This Month & I'm Giving YOU Gifts!

Yes, July 31st is my birthday and I'm celebrating with you by having a book give-away!

Become a 'follower' of Swimming in Lines of Haiku this month and I'll put you in the draw to win a copy of the taste of nashi - New Zealand Haiku (Windrift, 2008).

standing naked
in moonlight -
the taste of nashi~Sandra Simpson

It's easy!

Sign up to be a 'follower' via Blogger or Networked Blogs.

Once you're a follower, please leave a comment on one of my posts and I will put your name in the hat for the draw.

One entry per person during the month of July, 2011.

Winner drawn at random on 2nd August, 2011.

As July 31st 2011 is also the 2nd anniversary of my engagment - if I have more than twenty new followers during the month, I'll also draw a winner for a 2nd book, Before the Sirocco - The New Zealand Poetry Society Anthology (NZPS, 2008).

autumn wind
following her footsteps
through the leaves ~Sophia Frentz

Do come and join me at Swimming in Lines of Haiku where I explore my poetry journey and help you with yours by offering discussion and information on competitions/workshops/calls for submissions and websites/books/people of interest.

Hi Margaret - Happy birthday to you this July! I wanted to do something as it was small stone writing month as well and I'm using my stone writing this month to practice gratitude so it all feel into place! :)

Hi Cara - yay, another July baby! :) Thanks for following me through Google reader - I had no idea! Maybe that's the difference - I can't see that you're 'following' me. So you still have the opportunity to go in the draw by signing up to 'follow' via Networked blogs or Blogger on the right hand side bar. Good luck!

My birthday is the day after yours! Believe it or not I was about to follow you before I read this post. I like how you are doing 'small stones of gratitude' and look forward to reading more as the month goes on.

About Me

Kirsten Cliff lives with her husband in their country retreat which acts as HQ for their expanding second hand book business - Elliot Books. Her haiku and tanka have been published in several journals worldwide, and she was editor of the haikai section of "a fine line", the magazine of the New Zealand Poetry Society for over 3 years. Kirsten also has an online shop - Haiku On - selling t-shirts, journals, cards + more. Check it out here: http://www.cafepress.com/haikuon